Donte Whitner appealing $21,000 fine for hitting Chris Givens

Summary of 6 articles · Updated Oct 2, 2013

49ers safety Donte Whitner was fined $21,000 for a Thursday night hit, and he’s not happy about it. San Francisco 49ers safety Donte Whitner tweeted Wednesday's he's dropping the "W" from his last name after he says he was fined $21,000 by the NFL for a h… (more)it last Thursday on St. Whitner said that Givens said he thought it was a legal hit and the safety argues that the fine was out of proportion to what happened on the field. Whitner faced a similar situation against the Indianapolis Colts. Whitner added that Texans quarterback Matt Schaub must be respected on the field, pointing toward his first-half success against a strong Seattle defense last week. Lost in all of this is that the fine was proper. Or that the NFL will be willing to allow him to change the name plate on his jersey as of Sunday night to “Hitner” unless and until he purchases at wholesale cost all unsold Nike jerseys bearing his number and former name.